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By Amber Nightingale (Courtesy photo) Every two seconds, someone’s identity is stolen. And with tax season upon us, con artists are stealing Social Security numbers to file for fraudulent tax refunds. It’s a big problem. To [...]

By Bill Euille (File photo) The Virginia General Assembly’s refusal to expand the state Medicaid program places more than 5,000 very low-income (mostly “working poor”) residents of Alexandria at a continued high risk of poor health, [...]

By Dr. Vivek Sinha (Courtesy photo) Few topics have evoked as much emotion and discussion in healthcare lately as the question: “Should I have my child vaccinated?” If you were to perform an Internet search on [...]

Photo/Office of Historic Alexandria This detailed view of the intersection of North St. Asaph and Princess streets, lifted from what may be the earliest aerial photograph of Alexandria’s downtown that was taken in 1919, shows one [...]

By John Porter (File photo) “First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen” cited Henry Lee III in his eulogy for George Washington. Washington was certainly first in many categories [...]

By Karen Graf (File photo) Much of the Alexandria School Board’s time is spent talking about academics. However, athletics has a place in the conversation as well. Movement helps our cognitive abilities. It teaches our young [...]

By Denise Dunbar (Courtesy photo) Our unruly world became a bit less civil last week with the passing of long-time Alexandria resident David M. Abshire. An advisor to presidents, former ambassador to NATO and co-founder of [...]